April 2025 Monjourno Starters - Thread 3!

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Hopefully the title is correct this time!

Hi!
I am taking my last 2.5mg dose tomorrow, and moving up to 5mg next Thursday (I have my pen ready!).
Like you, I have had no side effects so hoping 5mg is the same! Will keep you posted! 🙂

Great thanks vl888 :) Good luck!

Thanks, You too 😊xxx

Thanks. I’ve been having an electrolyte drink daily but will increase fluids, especially as it’s been quite hot here which doesn’t help.

I think we are doing the same mental gymnastics😂as my thought process is kind of similar. I'm buying mine through a bricks and mortar chemist so I'm sure the pharmacist will try and flog me the 5 over the 2.5 (although they are the same price) tomorrow but I will hopefully not be swayed and stick with my decision. I think if I wasn't going away I might be more adventurous but would rather be on the safe side than ruin the holiday.

I did my very first dose while on my period and it didn’t make it any better or worse. I just had my second period since starting and I still got pretty bad cramps but the bleeding was much lighter than usual and only lasted two days so that was a bonus.

I’ve got the 5mg pen, and was hoping to stick to half does so taking 2.5, however I’m finding 3.75 is better, with no side effects and great suppression. Hubby is keen for a cold beer, but I’ve no interest at all for alcohol or chocolate (sadly my Vinted habit remains as strong as ever!) 😬😂

Yep my vinted [insert name of any retailer] habit has in no way been effected by the monj! 🙈😂

Just did the golden dose on top of regular 2.5ml - I kept pushing the syringe up and down to get it out - not sure that was right but got another 0.8 ml - it looked like loads - am a bit worried!

So I'm a bit like you @Lundier @Cerberus1808 @wordywitch (and many others) in that I've been there done that with the calorie counting and I've not done it in probably 5yrs but I have decided to cc since starting MJ and I'm using the Nutracheck app. I used MFP for years on and off when my r.shipnwith food was very poor so it's got alot of asociation with disordered eating for me but I find Nutracheck better as it's a different interface etc. so it doesn't feel the same.

I track calories but I'm not obsessed with it. Firstly Like @fox919 I can't be arsed with all the faff all the time but also Infront want to get obsessed. I don't count the calories in veg and I don't weigh things religiously (although I am pretty good at estimating portions when I do weigh things) and I will still have food if I'm hungry even if it means going over my calories. It just helps me stay accountable and retraining my brain a bitm Some days I don't really track in the day but then I'll have a sit down in the evening and think back over my day. It's been a much better way for me to do it and using it as a tool to make sure I'm having a nutritional balance rather than using all my calories on carbs and chocolate because I definitely still eat these things but just less. Very much about sustainable changes because without that we'll all just end up back where we started and no-one wants that.

I'm reassured people are moving onto 5mg without too many SEs and better suppression. I'm taking my 4th dose on Friday and I'm planning on topping it up with the golden dose by an extra 1.25mg to get to 3.75mg 🤞🏻 someone has posted it before but I can't find the comment - how much do I need to draw up to get the golden dose? Am I correct that 0.6ml is the full 2.5mg dose? So I'd need 0.3ml for the extra 1.25mg? Xx

Reporting back after going up to 5mg yesterday

no additional SE. Just the usual fullness quickly when eating and lack of interest in food. Now to see whether it’ lasts longer than the 2.5 and then I’ll be happy sticking where I am

so for those concerned, it’s been ok for me :)

I'm hoping going up to 5mg had longer lasting suppression too. Last week or so it's not been great. It's been a real test of wills.
I don't really want to rush through the doses and get to the top doses if I can avoid it.
I'm hoping to get a 3.75mg dose on Saturday for my golden dose. If not I'm off straight up to 5 x x x

I was really rough again Monday and Tuesday this week, I took some imodium Sunday night into Monday which stopped it for work but by Monday night it was back again and then yesterday I felt incredibly ill like my first week- a full pain/discomfort below my ribs and felt sick as a pig. Lasted a couple of hours! Luckily I don't work Tuesday but I do have my 3 year old and 1 year old home so it was tough!

I think I need to move the dose back a day or 2 to fully avoid work days, I usually do Friday night. If I took my next dose tonight, would I be ill sooner because it hasn't been a full week so it's like a higher dose? Usually I'm fine until Sunday night for any symptoms starting!

A colleague at work said that it’s all women on MJ and they’re all ‘mental’. Complete with swirl gesture at the side of their head. Things like this are why only 2 people know I’m on it. One of them is also on it (over 3 stones down so far) and quite open about it. I’m keeping schtum for now.

On the negative side, I think I’m on track for a 1lb gain this week. Official weigh in isn’t until tomorrow evening, but my new scales came today so I was stood on them to sync them with my phone. Oh, well, my first 5mg pen is in the fridge ready.

There doesn’t seem to be much stigma for weight loss surgery, which most of the time, is permanent. Not sure why WLI are viewed so negatively. I get worried that family will see the pens in my fridge at some point when they come over. Does anyone know a different place to store them could be? When I was on insulin when pregnant they needed to be in the fridge, but could be kept out of the fridge for 28 days once opened - is it the same concept?

Exactly the same concept hun, yes x x

Thank you, I guess that means you can’t use the “golden dose” if you store it out the fridge?

You can, of you use
D1, D8, D15, D22 then your golden dose on D29 x x x

Yes of course. I have baby brain still 😆 thanks!

Quite a few of us seem to have very little ones here.

how old are all of your little ones??

mine is 3 year old redheaded full of energy crazy girlie haha

I’m definitely enjoying some of my new found energy and ability to move around with her but she is taking full advantage haha

I keep mine in the fridge, but wrapped in foil so it could just be cheese or something 😎

Wow I hadn’t even thought of that. GENIUS

I was so slim and toned before children 😂 It was totally wasted on me too!!

Have two boys of 2.5 and 4.5. For quite a few years, I've eaten a slice of cake or toast, every time I had the urge to scream. Highly effective! But not a good strategy long term, it turns out...

I’ve noticed after my 3rd dose (2.5) that my appetite isn’t as suppressed as last 2 weeks but I haven’t had the usual side effects so far either. I’m having to try a bit harder to continue on with the weight loss but it’s nice to otherwise feel normal and not ill! It’s my birthday this weekend so I’ll try not to over indulge…

I have just started week 5. I have lost 13 1/2 lbs (just 1/2 lb off a stone). The only problem I have is constipation for which I now take fibrogel.

So far I do get hungry but at reasonable times such as breakfast, dinner and tea but do not crave food in between meals. I sometimes think I would have been eating chocolate because I’m in my own this evening etc., but that is almost a lifetime of bad eating habits! So I think these learned bad habits are not going to be forgotten because of mounjaro- I let myself think about it but that’s it, I’m no longer interested. It’s good that you recognise and ask yourself am I feeling like this out of habit?

I also have to think about what I have for the days meals, so I’m not sure how we can expect to not think about food. This is a very new system to us so I think it’s understandable that we are a bit consumed by thoughts of mounjaro!